Originally Posted by Edgar Vasiluk (Post 1885735)

No, I was just holding my breath. ) and at some clips I was adding stabilizer in Vegas.
It's a nice camera, I love it. Have filmed 5 projects so far and it's a big improvement from my older camera Sony Z5.

Originally Posted by Anthony McErlean (Post 1885752)

:) Its very tempting. Good luck with it.

BTW, did you come across this post.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-pxw...-froze-up.html

Originally Posted by Andy Smith (Post 1885883)

Edgar, really great video, just how it should be taken like looking out through a window. Have a look at Amazing planet on you tube for a similar technique. Slow pans, straight cuts and virtually no zooming.

Are you planning to go 4K when available?

Andy

Originally Posted by David Dixon (Post 1881265)

After all the recent debate about the X70’s stabilization, image detail, autofocus, Clear Image Zoom quality, delayed compatibility with some NLEs, and the disappointing specs/price for the upcoming 4K upgrade, I thought I’d be really crazy and just talk about using the camera.

Here are some excerpts of my nephew at a recent swim meet. I’ve given up on getting a true “log” look from the camera so am going with a semi-flat look.

XAVC-L, 60fps, shutter 125, iris always wide open, gain -3 to +3, manual exposure, manual white balance, 100% autofocus, internal mics, converted to ProRes using EditReady, edited with FCPX. It was all either handheld (worked pretty well) or on a monopod (due to the angle from the stands that did not work well though). This has a fair amount of CI zoom shots.

Here are my “semi-flat” settings: all normal except…
Black Level +15
Gamma: ITU709
Black Gamma: High, +7
Knee (manual) Point 75%, Slope -2 (I’ve decided I like low Point and medium Slope rather than the reverse. You cannot use both Point and Slope at their low settings without problems.)
Color Mode: ITU709
Saturation: -2
Color Phase: +1
Color Depth: still experimenting a bit here, but all were 0 except B +4, Y -3
Color Correction: Type is Color revision, Memory Selection is 1&2, then all other settings are per Paul Anderegg’s suggestions posted earlier in these forums
Detail: I like some sharpness - Level +3, and under Manual Set I have Crispening at 3

Then, in FCPX (but could be done in any advanced NLE) I just adjusted shadows, mids, and highlights then added a touch of further sharpness and upped saturation to the level I wanted. I did add a bit of stabilization on some clips due to handholding at maximum CI zoom. I was very happy with the color and did zero color correction in post.

Swim Meet excerpts 2015 on Vimeo